Hoge's ground snake
Lygophis paucidens Hoge, 1953
Status not recordedsnakes
The hoge's ground snake (Lygophis paucidens) is a species in the family Colubridae, order Squamata.
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Quick facts about the hoge's ground snake
- Weight
- up to 28.5 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- up to 49.6 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- grassland, shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Lifestyle
- Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the hoge's ground snake live?
Not recorded
Is the hoge's ground snake endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the hoge's ground snake classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyColubridae
- genusLygophis
- SpeciesLygophis paucidens Hoge, 1953
Synonyms Liophis paucidens
Other names and names in other languages (4)
- Cerrado striped snakeEnglish
- Cobra corredeiraPortuguese
- Cobra-CorredeiraPortuguese
- Лигофис ХогеRussian
Relatives of the hoge's ground snake
Other species in the same genus Lygophis.
Golden-belly snake
Lygophis anomalus
Lema's ground snake
Lygophis dilepis
Elegant ground snake
Lygophis elegantissimus
Fronted ground snake
Lygophis flavifrenatus
Southern striped snake
Lygophis meridionalis
Lined ground snake
Lygophis lineatus
CompareHoge's ground snake vs Golden-belly snakeHoge's ground snake vs Lema's ground snakeHoge's ground snake vs Elegant ground snakeHoge's ground snake vs Fronted ground snake
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the hoge's ground snake?
The hoge's ground snake (Lygophis paucidens) belongs to the family Colubridae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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